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Posted by Penni On April - 2 - 2008

Wasn’t the first day of spring a good week before the race? Yes, I believe it was! It wasn’t very apparent if you were watching the race coverage throughout the weekend. Once again, this thing called indecisive weather, played games with the drivers (and us).

The weekend appeared to be better than before — no rain in sight — at least for the first half of the weekend.

During Friday’s qualifying, all the teams were on their a-game. The drivers seated below the top 35 in owner points were sitting on edge and stepping up. The starting lineup was evident of that. Read the rest of this entry »

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Free Fries And A Lot Of Firsts

Posted by Penni On March - 12 - 2008

Atlanta proved to be every bit as exciting as the previous races.

The racing at our in-state speedway was good and clean as a limited number of caution flags flew. Once again, a dominant driver won and, of course, the weather was indecisive.
The weather, it seems to me, is very wishy, washy these days. One minute it’s hot, the next it’s freezing and then it’s hot again. I should have figured that the weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) would be no different. And it wasn’t.

It did rain, but not enough to totally cancel anything Friday. The Nationwide practice sessions were combined into one with Kyle Busch being the fastest.

The rain was gone Saturday, but snow appeared that morning canceling Nationwide qualifying, causing the drivers to start according to the owner points, and joining both Cup practice sessions into one final practice. Read the rest of this entry »

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We Got Two Of A Kind

Posted by Penni On March - 5 - 2008

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? Let’s hope not, because once again, Vegas was great racing.

Where weekend before where it was all rain, all day — Las Vegas was far from rainy. It was very much a typical race weekend.

Qualifying was Friday, as usual. The Cup drivers and fans got their first taste of the new way of qualifying (that is if you haven’t been watching Truck or Nationwide qualifying).

The top 35 in owner’s points qualified first and then all those who weren’t in the top 35 qualified at the end together. It makes it more fair for the teams who may or may not make it in, they say.

I agree with this. I think it gives all the “go or go-home” cars the same advantage (or disadvantage) — but that’s just my opinion. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sunny Side Up — Finally!

Posted by Penni On February - 27 - 2008

What happened at California Speedway — newly named the Auto Club Speedway — will go down as one of the most talked about races of the season, and possibly of the sport of stock car racing. It took forever to complete — or even started for that matter.

Sunny southern California, was not so sunny this past weekend. While it was raining Friday here in south Georgia, it was evidently raining everywhere else. Read the rest of this entry »

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A ‘Newman’ For The New Year?

Posted by Penni On February - 20 - 2008

Last Thursday, all the 53 drivers entered into the Daytona 500 — the Great American Race — competed in two separate qualifying races — the Gatorade Duels. Only four were able to race their way into the Daytona 500 (John Andretti, Dale Jarrett, Kenny Wallace, and Brian Vickers).

The first duel win went to Dale Earnhardt Jr. who dominate the race and was able to secure his win thanks to Reed Sorenson, driver of the No. 41 Target Dodge, who help push him and keep in first position. This left everyone, including myself, to speculate whether he’d win the 500 or not. I was leaning towards the yes, as were many others that I talked with.

The second duel was won by Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota. This gave Toyota their first Cup win and momentum for the 500. Despite Hamlin being the first Toyota winner, he wasn’t the one everyone was eying for the first coveted win. Read the rest of this entry »

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‘Fun’ Start For New Season

Posted by Penni On February - 13 - 2008

The 2008 season has begun, finally!

Last weekend proved to be exciting. Friday night before Budweiser Shootout, during final practice, two separate wrecks occurred. Eleven out of 23 cars ended up needing to make repairs or were out of commission.

Teams, including two-time champion Jimmie Johnson and teammate four-time champion, Jeff Gordon had to go to back up cars. A few of teams, didn’t have back up cars for the Shootout. They had to get one down from Charlotte (or their respective towns) in time for Saturday’s inspection and night race, if they chose not to use either of their cars slated for the Daytona 500.

The last wreck, involving Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch, caused its own little bit of controversy and excitement. Read the rest of this entry »

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